The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.
I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.
To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.